Abortion-Related Initiatives Will Appear on Nebraska’s November General Election Ballot

LINCOLN–(KFOR Sept. 13)–The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday voted unanimously 7-0 to have two abortion-related initiatives decided by voters on the November 5 ballot.

The state’s high court considered constitutional questions raised in three lawsuits, two seeking to block an abortion-rights amendment and one arguing that both measures should appear on the ballot or neither should reach it. Justices decided both initiatives met the Nebraska Constitutional requirement that ballot measures cover no more than a single connected legal subject.

According to the Nebraska Examiner, the state court’s decision is likely the last legal hurdle to placing dueling amendments on the November ballot from Protect Our Rights and Protect Women and Children.

Friday is the deadline for Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen to finalize the fall ballot, a date driven by federal law and the need to send ballots by mail to Nebraskans deployed by the military or abroad.